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Definition of Tympanum

Tympanum
Tympanum Tym"pa*num, n.; pl. E. Tympanums, L. Tympana. [L., a kettledrum, a drum or wheel in machines, the triangular area in a pediment, the panel of a door, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? to strike, beat. See Type, and cf. Timbrel.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear. (b) A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds. 2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse. 3. (Arch.) (a) The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table. (b) The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch. 4. (Mech.) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation.

Meaning of Tympanum from wikipedia

- Look up tympanum or timpanum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tympanum may refer to: Tympanum (architecture), an architectural element located within...
- A tympanum (pl.: tympana; from Gr**** and Latin words meaning "drum") is the semi-circular or triangular decorative wall surface over an entrance, door...
- The tympanum is an external hearing structure in animals such as mammals, birds, some reptiles, some amphibians and some insects. Using sound, vertebrates...
- The Larnaca Tympanum is a medieval sculpture in white marble found at Larnaca in Cyprus in the nineteenth century. It is now in the collection of the V&A...
- Look up tympanum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In ancient Greece and Rome, the tympanon (τύμπανον) or tympanum, was a type of frame drum or tambourine...
- Tropic of Capricorn, defines the size of the astrolabe's tympanum. The center of the tympanum (and the center of the three circles) is actually the north-south...
- A tympanal organ (or tympanic organ) is a hearing organ in insects, consisting of a membrane (tympanum) stretched across a frame backed by an air sac and...
- cool-temperate water-skink, highland water skink, or Dreeite water skink (Eulamprus tympanum) is a medium-sized (maximum snout-vent length c. 100 mm) species of skink...
- with dramatic scenes of heaven and ****. Other features include a rare tympanum signed by Giselbertus of Autun. The Autun Cathedral is a magnificent display...
- The round window is one of the two openings from the middle ear into the inner ear. It is sealed by the secondary tympanic membrane (round window membrane)...